Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
She spent a pleasant morning with the kids at the orphanage that day. As always, she felt, at the very least, recharged and filled with energy. Perhaps being with the happy and innocent little kids throughout the day filled her heart with pure happiness.
When she left the orphanage, Abigail boarded in her car and headed towards home. She wanted to go home early today. Even though she had forgotten about her plan of sending Mr. Black Leather a message, that man, that mystifying, outrageously gorgeous Mr. Qin’s face still popped occasionally in her head. Strangely, she couldn’t completely take him off her mind despite being busy the entire day.
When she drove back home, ice had already covered the roads so she drove slowly. Their house was located outside the city so she had to travel an hour from the orphanage to their house. Her grandparents were old and they wanted a quiet place to live, away from the rumbling noise of the city, that was why they chose to live in this somewhat secluded place.
The road home was pretty empty at this time. Since their house was located near a protected national park, the road back home would travel across a forested area. In fact, the entire place was surrounded by thick, green trees.
The icy road was definitely dangerous but Abigail was already used to it and she was always a careful driver. Her car was pretty slow despite the road being almost empty.
As she turned into the straight road in the middle of a forested area, Abigail accelerated a little when, out of the blue, she saw a deer run across the road in front of her. She immediately stepped on the brake pedal but it looked like she might have reacted too late. She was sure she was going to hit it.
However, before she knew it, her tires squealed as she swerved and thankfully, she avoided hitting the deer, barely. But then, in the next second, she heard a loud deafening thud. Her car crashed into something – into another car.
The car she hit screeched towards the right and it hit the tree by the roadside. Abigail’s car finally halted and thanks to her seatbelt, she was safe. She didn’t even get a scratch.
Abigail breathed deeply. Her heart was racing and she even felt her hands trembling. She forced herself to calm down. What came first in her mind was the person in the other car so she immediately looked for the other car and when she saw that it had hit a tree, her heart pounded in nervousness. Oh my god! Are they okay?
She didn’t waste a moment and stepped out of her car. She frantically rushed towards the black car, praying that everyone on board was safe.
As she approached the car, the car’s door opened. A man around his 50’s came out and he didn’t seem to be hurt. Thank god!
He looked very formal in his black suit, almost looking like those butlers in television dramas.
“Are you okay? I’m so sorry… I was trying to avoid hitting the deer and this happened.” Abigail was panicking as she apologized. She knew this was trouble but what else could she do?
The old man just sighed, creasing his brows upon seeing the damaged car. Abi somehow calmed down upon seeing that the old man seemed carefree and not worried at all. She then followed his line of sight and as soon as she saw what kind of car it was, Abigail’s jaw dropped.
The car before her was a handsome black Lamborghini. Oh my god!
Abigail almost felt like her blood drained out of her. Where would she get the money to pay for the damage to this kind of luxurious car? Why did it have to be a car like this? Why?
Without answering her, the old man walked around the car and opened the door to the back passenger seat.
“Sir, what are we gonna do about this? The car is pretty damaged.” He said and Abigail quickly followed the old man.
When she saw that man’s figure in the back seat, who was being addressed by the old man as ‘sir’, Abigail knew that he was the owner. “I’m so sorry. I was trying to avoid hitting a deer so…”
Suddenly, Abigail trailed off as soon as she saw the man’s face.
“M-mr Qin?” she was utterly shocked. Of all people, why was it him? What was this gorgeous creature doing here of all places?
The man in the back passenger seat, who was lazily leaning his head on the headrest with his eyes closed, finally moved upon hearing her voice. He opened his eyes and turned to look at her.
“Yellow…” he mumbled upon seeing her. He stepped out and when he saw the awful damage to his car, the man lazily leaned on the car’s door, crossing his arms on his chest as he looked at her. He was wearing a long black coat and he was simply breathtaking. His black wardrobe and ink black hair and the black Lamborghini behind him caused his skin to look even paler. He was simply out of this world that anyone would think of him as someone that only existed in dreams. His features were unlike anything that could have come from the human world.
Abigail didn’t wear her thick eyeglasses that day, nor did she braid her hair but her clothes were, as usual, unflattering and she didn’t wear any makeup at all.
“U-uhm… M-mr. Qin! I’m so sorry!” she bowed at him. “I tried to -“
“Avoid hitting the deer.” He took the words out of her mouth. His voice was as deep and pleasant to the ears as she remembered.
“Yes, that’s right. I wasn’t speeding, please believe me.”
“If I say that I believe you, do you think that solves the problem?”
“Uhm… I… h-how much do you think the cost will be to repair the damage to your car?” she swallowed while the man just smirked, looking so amused as she watched her fidgeting due to her nervousness.
“Mr. Wang, how much do you think this will cost to fix?
“This damage might cost a hundred thousand dollars.” The old man replied and Abigail felt like her blood instantly dried up. She was so shocked she couldn’t speak for a long while. Where the hell would she get such a huge amount of money?
Abigail was still stunned when the man chuckled. He moved closer to her, his eyes on her yellow scarf again. “Why are you always wearing yellow scarves?” he suddenly asked.
Abi finally snapped and immediately answered him. “Because I only have yellow scarves at home.”
“Oh, that’s amusing.” The corner of his lips were up and he looked at her as if she was an amusing comedy show. “You love the color yellow, huh?”
“I like all colors. My mother just loved the sight of yellow scarves on me so she made a lot of it.”
“Hmm… indeed, your mother is right. A bright yellow scarf suits you.”
Abigail didn’t know why but her heart skipped a beat. She liked that he didn’t mock her for it, or told her she looked like a sunflower like everyone else. But wait… are they really going to talk about her yellow scarf in this situation?!
